Question 1

What items can impede airflow?

Accepted Answer

Many things can impede the airflow-jumbled-up ribbon cables (used by older storage systems, USB headers, and other attachments), drives squished together in a tiny case, fans clogged by dust or animal hair, and so on.

Question 2

The latest version of SATA, SATA Express (SATAe) or SATA 3.2, ties capable drives directly into the _______________ bus on motherboards.

Accepted Answer

PCI Express

Question 3

At what speed does the SATA 2.0 specification perform?

Accepted Answer

A) 1.5 GBPS 
B) 2.0 GBPS 
C) 3.0 GBPS 
D) 6.0 GBPS 
A) 1.5 GBPS 
B) 2.0 GBPS 
C) 3.0 GBPS 
D) 6.0 GBPS C

Question 4

Which ATA revision introduced Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology (S.M.A.R.T.)?

Accepted Answer

A) ATA-2 
B) ATA-3 
C) ATA-6 
D) ATA-7 
A) ATA-2 
B) ATA-3 
C) ATA-6 
D) ATA-7

Question 5

Which drive technology rules the roost in the server market?

Accepted Answer

A) Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology (S.M.A.R.T.) 
B) Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) 
C) Redundant array of independent (or inexpensive) disks (RAI
D)  
D) Small computer system interface (SCSI) 
A) Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology (S.M.A.R.T.) 
B) Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) 
C) Redundant array of independent (or inexpensive) disks (RAI
D)  
D) Small computer system interface (SCSI)

Question 6

At what speed does the SATA 1.0 specification perform?

Accepted Answer

A) 1.0 GBPS 
B) 1.5 GBPS 
C) 2.0 GBPS 
D) 2.5 GBPS 
A) 1.0 GBPS 
B) 1.5 GBPS 
C) 2.0 GBPS 
D) 2.5 GBPS

Question 7

How many functional failures can RAID 10 withstand and remain functional?

Accepted Answer

A) One 
B) Up to two 
C) Up to four 
D) Up to 10 
A) One 
B) Up to two 
C) Up to four 
D) Up to 10

Question 8

Which term is a type of controller that has chips with its own processor and memory?

Accepted Answer

A) CMOS Northbridge controller 
B) BIOS controller 
C) Hardware RAID intelligent controllers 
D) Software RAID virtual controllers 
A) CMOS Northbridge controller 
B) BIOS controller 
C) Hardware RAID intelligent controllers 
D) Software RAID virtual controllers

Question 9

What is disk duplexing?

Accepted Answer

Disk duplexing is a

Question 10

How many wires are in the SATA interface?

Accepted Answer

A) Four 
B) Eight 
C) Seven 
D) Eighty 
A) Four 
B) Eight 
C) Seven 
D) Eighty

Question 11

_______________ technology is commonly used in desktop and laptop hard drives, memory cards, cameras, USB thumb drives, and other handheld devices.

Accepted Answer

A) Terminal 
B) Magnetic 
C) Solid-state 
D) Copper 
A) Terminal 
B) Magnetic 
C) Solid-state 
D) Copper

Question 12

Which PATA standard provides support for very large hard drives and what are the maximum capacities of supported storage size and data transfer speed?

Accepted Answer

The last PATA standard, called

Question 13

Hard drive cables have a colored stripe that corresponds to the number-one pin-called _______________-on the connector.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Hard drive cables have a colored stripe...

Question 14

A traditional hard disk drive (HDD) is composed of individual disks, or aluminum platters that are coated with a(n) _______________ medium.

Accepted Answer

The answer of A traditional hard disk drive (HDD) is...

Question 15

What hard drive technology typically implements a 1.8-, 2.5-, or rarely a 3.5-inch form factor?

Accepted Answer

A) SSD 
B) PATA 
C) SCSI 
D) SATA 
A) SSD 
B) PATA 
C) SCSI 
D) SATA

Question 16

What tool can you use in Windows to configure and manage hard drives and RAID levels?

Accepted Answer

A) FDISK 
B) Disk Management 
C) AHCI 
D) Device Manager 
A) FDISK 
B) Disk Management 
C) AHCI 
D) Device Manager

Question 17

Why is it easier to install a SATA drive instead of a PATA device?

Accepted Answer

Installing SATA hard disk drives is much

Question 18

How did SATA change autodetection?

Accepted Answer

SATA changed autodetection a little.Moth

Question 19

_______________ (without parity) means spreading the data among multiple (at least two) drives.

Accepted Answer

A) Disk striping 
B) Disk mirroring 
C) Disk duplexing 
D) Parity 
A) Disk striping 
B) Disk mirroring 
C) Disk duplexing 
D) Parity

Question 20

Drive bay _______________ sit at the front of a bay and blow air across the drive.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Drive bay _______________ sit at the front...

Exam 9: Hard Drive Technologies

What items can impede airflow?

The latest version of SATA, SATA Express (SATAe) or SATA 3.2, ties capable drives directly into the _______________ bus on motherboards.

At what speed does the SATA 2.0 specification perform?

Which ATA revision introduced Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology (S.M.A.R.T.)?

Which drive technology rules the roost in the server market?

At what speed does the SATA 1.0 specification perform?

How many functional failures can RAID 10 withstand and remain functional?

Which term is a type of controller that has chips with its own processor and memory?

What is disk duplexing?

How many wires are in the SATA interface?

_______________ technology is commonly used in desktop and laptop hard drives, memory cards, cameras, USB thumb drives, and other handheld devices.

Which PATA standard provides support for very large hard drives and what are the maximum capacities of supported storage size and data transfer speed?

Hard drive cables have a colored stripe that corresponds to the number-one pin-called _______________-on the connector.

A traditional hard disk drive (HDD) is composed of individual disks, or aluminum platters that are coated with a(n) _______________ medium.

What hard drive technology typically implements a 1.8-, 2.5-, or rarely a 3.5-inch form factor?

What tool can you use in Windows to configure and manage hard drives and RAID levels?

Why is it easier to install a SATA drive instead of a PATA device?

How did SATA change autodetection?

_______________ (without parity) means spreading the data among multiple (at least two) drives.

Drive bay _______________ sit at the front of a bay and blow air across the drive.

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